Panasonic has released a major firmware update for its Lumix G9II camera and and minor bug fixes for the GH6, S5M2 and S5M2X cameras.
The Lumix G9II gets a major firmware update to improve its video capabilities. (Source: Panasonic.)
The new firmware for the Lumix G9II provides the following major improvements, most relating to the camera’s video capabilities:
1. RAW video output over HDMI to Blackmagic Design external recorder:
– [5.7K] / [C4K] / [5.8K (4:3)] / [4.4K (4:3)] 12-bit RAW video data can be output over HDMI to Blackmagic Video Assist 5″ 12G HDR and Blackmagic Video Assist 7″ 12G HDR, to be recorded as Blackmagic RAW.
* DaVinci Resolve or DaVinci Resolve Studio is required to play back and DaVinci Resolve Studio to edit Blackmagic RAW data.
* Please refer to the Blackmagic Design website for the information on the corresponding firmware version of Blackmagic Video Assist 5″ 12G HDR and Blackmagic Video Assist 7″ 12G HDR.
* All functions may not be available depending on the situation.
* When recording in C4K 120p/100p or 5.7K 60p/50p, constant bitrate 5:1 or less is recommended for SSD recording and 8:1 or less for SD card recording.
- RAW video output over HDMI to ATOMOS external recorder:
– [5.7K] / [C4K] / [5.8K (4:3)] / [4.4K (4:3)] 12-bit RAW video data can be output over HDMI to ATOMOS “Ninja V” “Ninja V+” “Ninja” “Ninja Ultra” “Shogun” “Shogun Ultra” “Shogun Connect” devices, to be recorded as Apple ProRes RAW.
* “Ninja V” “Ninja V+” “Ninja” “Ninja Ultra” “Shogun” “Shogun Ultra” “Shogun Connect” devices, to be recorded as Apple ProRes RAW.
* All functions may not be available depending on the situation.
* Please check here for compatible firmware versions of external recorders.
* “Ninja V” “Ninja” “Shogun” does not support some RAW video data.
* Software that supports Apple ProRes RAW is required to edit RAW video recorded.
* A LUT (Lookup table) exclusively designed for RAW video is available on the following customer support website to make the same color grading as V-Log/V-Gamut. https://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/lut/s1h_raw_lut/
- Others
– Operational stability when using in some storage devices has been improved.
– There were cases where horizontal lines would appear in the image when capturing JPEG photos in SH Burst Shot mode. This bug has been fixed.
– Improved operational stability.
The new firmware for the Lumix GH6 camera improves operational stability when using some storage devices. The updates, Ver. 2.3 for the S5M2 and Ver. 1.4 for the S5M2X, improve operational stability with some storage devices and fix a bug that could cause horizontal lines to appear in the image when capturing JPEG images in SH Burst Shot mode.
All firmware updates are available to download here.
